Meineke Car Care Centers signs on as title sponsor for The Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas
Participating in this sponsorship deal:
About Sponsor:
Meineke Car Care Centers, Inc. is a franchise-based automotive repair chain. In 1972 in Houston, Texas, Sam Meineke and Harold Nedell began with only one store and a single product line. Between 1972 and 2003 Meineke was owned by a multinational British company and grew rapidly. In July 2003 Meineke was the subject of a stock purchase agreement for its acquisition by members of Meineke management and two financial partners, Carousel Capital, headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina and The Halifax Group, based in Washington, DC and Dallas, Texas, from its then owner Brambles.
About Property:
The Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas, formerly known as the Texas Bowl, is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I FBS college football bowl game that was held for the first time in 2006 in Houston, Texas. The bowl replaced the now-defunct Houston Bowl, which was played annually from 2000 to 2005. The first bowl game in Houston was the Bluebonnet Bowl, played from 1959 through 1987. The defending Texas Bowl champions are the Illinois Fighting Illini, who defeated the Baylor Bears on December 29, 2010. In the upcoming matchup, Northwestern will face Texas A&M on December 31, 2011, at 11 a.m. CST.